Volumes 1-4

Through this series, we highlight and reflect on some of the places, people, and events that have defined our community across the last century

2000 Vol. 1 No. 1 September

Editorial
What kind of country voted to become the Commonwealth of Australia?
President’s Annual Report
The Walhalla Lodge
The shop the has everything, to close – Teicher’s Gift Shop
Yallourn “A” Power Station
Mail Bag
Obituary – Valma Ellen Plant O.A.M.

2000 Vol. 1 No. 2 December

Editorial
Old Yallourn Days (Live Wire excerpts)
The Moondarra Farms (Part II)
Miss Constance Tisdall O.B.E. 1887-1968
Centenary of Federation 1901-2001
Thoughts on Federation-era Moe
Extracts from Australian Cook and Laundry Book (1897)
Monash University Coat of Arms

2001 Vol. 1 No. 3 March

Editorial
An early Coalville resident – Arthur Alan Wilson 1864-1948
The Moondarra Farms (Part III)
Mailbag
The Moe Cup
The Lost Reef of the Long Tunnel Gold Mine at Walhalla
Live Wire excerpts (continued)
Advertisements from the Narracan Shire Advocate 1893
Moe Show Prize Schedule
Advertisements from the Narracan Shire Advocate 1893
Obituary – Mr Claude Stanley Staff J.P. 1900-2001
Obituary – Mrs Ruby Leah Adams

2001 Vol. 1 No. 4 June

Editorial
Australian Centenary of Federation 1901-2001
Origin of the name ‘Moe’
The History of the Moe Hospital
The Furphy Tanks
The Very Beginnings from The Changing Years (The era of the Squatters)
Tributes – Geoffrey Stuart Orton and Dr Clarence Gordon Price
The Settlers of Willow Grove from the The Changing Years
“The Early Days of Gippsland” – a poem by James Brown “Alton” Korumburra, 1884-1935
A Bushranger and treasure hunt story from early Westbury
Cobb & Co. – a thumbnail sketch by A. Ringin
A poem from ‘The Lights of Cobb and Co.’ by Henry Lawson
Mail Bag – “Coalville” by Miss Sylvia Horsnell
Tallest Trees – Recalled by George Comthwaite from an early copy of The Walkabout
The (Emden) Whistle – by Fred Strong, Newborough
The Narracan Store – By Robert N. Auchterlonie
Moe Mechanics Institute – Compiled by A. Ringin
113 years of PMG Service at Moe 1975 – Prepared by Derek N. Baker Post Office Historical Officer
Business Card of Cecil Inn
Paling & Timber milling, Thorpdale, Childers, Narracan district – By J. Tilgner
End of “Hill End”
Sugar Beet – Maffra Sugar Beet Factory
History of Tanjil Rifle Club -No. 395 By J. McDonald, Moe Rifle Club
Yallourn Rifle Club 1929-1964
A Cowyard Romeo – a poem by Mrs Pearl Reeves
World War II Relic Discovered at Yallourn Reservoir – By Tom. Adams
The Coach Road Lookout